Claying in our hillside garden

What a lovely way to start the new year - with my hands in clay, in the sweet fresh air of our hillside garden!

Big thanks to my teacher Kim for making this possible. I'm loving the opportunity to be mindful about the whole process of throwing a vessel - preparing a space, setting up the right atmosphere to work, taking time with the actual processes of wedging, centring, pulling and finishing and taking care with all the materials including recycling both water and clay.

Hoping that with a good start to my ceramics year like this, there will be something to good coming out of the studio as the months go by!

August 2014: Recently discovered unfired results of this hillside claying and two survived to completion

Mugs, 2010-11

I love making things people use daily.Several of the mugs below are on show at the Tea Exhibition at Kim Sacks Gallery, Dec 2011 - Jan 2012

2011 Bowls

In the studio

I've been working on making bigger bowls in the second half of 2011. Above are some works in progress, below some outcomes favoured by the kiln gods:

Serving TEA with style

You are invited to visit the exhibition of ceramics related to the rituals of TEA: at Kim Sacks Gallery till January 2012. I'm proud to have some of my work on show along with some of the best ceramicists in South Africa.



Mish's tea mugs with others' jugs and cups on Ethiopian table

The exhibition will be on till the end of January 2012, in Johannesburg - location map

Exploring bowl shapes and colours

In 2010 I've been playing with bowl shapes and finishes:

Pouring life

Simple shapes transformed by slicing, joining, spouting:

Strawberry planter

This coiled earthenware strawberry planter was made as a birthday gift for my son Shingi:

Look how they grew: